CVE-2016-9073 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

WebExtensions can bypass security checks to load privileged URLs and potentially escape the WebExtension sandbox. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mozilla	Firefox

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1289273
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9073
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9073
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/#CVE-2016-9073
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:42:10.032Z

Reserved: 2016-10-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9073

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:01.453

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:00:32.863

Link: CVE-2016-9073

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9073 - Bugzilla

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